Tuesday, September 1, 2015

When
I saw the call for submissions that Totally Bound Publishing put out
for their WildAfterDarkanthology, I knew I had to give it a go. Paranormal ménage...
what could be better? The next thing to do, of course, was to come up
with an idea. In short stories, one thing I often struggle with is
getting my characters into the required situation in such a short
space of time, while at the same time keeping it plausible and not
rushed. So, how did I get three characters into bed together, having
smokin’ hot sex, within the required word count?

Soon—my
brain provided the much-needed inspiration. I’d have a human, a
vampire and a werewolf in my tale, and the human woman would be
dating the vampire. The werewolf would come along later. Once I’d
got that far, the human woman, a gorgeous Indian chick called Aneesa
started talking to me. And damn, was she sassy. And horny. Luckily
for me, she was a big fan of sex—most especially with her vampire
boyfriend, Ace—and the two of them were rapidly checking items off
Aneesa’s sexual bucket list. One item, though, remained
untouched... until now.

Aneesa
wanted to have a threesome....

I
don’t want to say any more because I’ll give the game away, but
let’s just say Sated is fun, sexy, and also dark in places.
I really enjoyed writing this naughty paranormal tale, and am
delighted that it was accepted for publication, and that, so far,
people seem to be enjoying it!

Happy
Reading,

Lucy
x

Blurb

A
human, a vampire and a werewolf walked into a bar. Sexy is what
happens next.

Since
getting together with her vampire boyfriend, Ace, Aneesa is enjoying
a sex life she could never have with a human. Ace has skill,
strength, stamina…and is massively adventurous.

Aneesa
is checking things off her sexual bucket list at a rate of knots.
However, she hasn’t even come close to experiencing the ultimate
item on her list. So when Ace beats her to it, proposing a threesome
with his werewolf friend, Barton, Aneesa’s definitely up for it.

Barton
is attractive, smart and sexy—almost too good to be true, in fact.
Aneesa decides not to jump straight into things, but makes sure it’s
what she truly wants. However, it turns out Barton’s not so easily
dissuaded.

Will
Aneesa get the ultimate erotic experience she’s desired for so
long? Will she be truly sated, or is the plan doomed to failure?

Pausing, then
pulling me closer, Ace pointed across the room. The bar itself was
L-shaped. We were parallel to the longer side, and just past the
corner was the man that Ace was indicating. “That’s Barton. And I
have never known that guy to be early for anything. Ever. Seems he’s
just as eager as you.” He chuckled, then pressed a kiss to my hair.

A thrill shot
through me—and not just from Ace’s proximity and that sexy
chuckle. Even from a distance, I could see that Barton was gorgeous.
He was the opposite to Ace in several ways—dark where Ace was fair,
beefy where Ace was lithe, and yet he still pushed all my buttons.
Visually, at least. It took much more than just looks for a man to
float my boat, so I figured it was time to stop gawping and get over
there and meet him.

I shrugged, despite
knowing that Ace would see right through my feigned indifference.
“Maybe he’s changed, Ace. People do that, you know. Come on,
let’s get over there before we end up being late.”

Wisely, Ace chose
to keep quiet and continued to hold my hand as we approached Barton.
Not in a possessive fashion, but more of an I’m-here-babe-you’re-safe
kind of way.

Barton swiveled on
his barstool as we grew closer, then hopped off it, his hand held
out. He gave me a quick smile before greeting Ace. “Ace, mate!
How’s it going?” They shook hands, clapped each other on the
shoulder, then broke apart.

Immediately, Barton
turned to me. “Hey, Aneesa, I’m Barton. It’s great to meet
you.” I shook his hand, enjoying the strength and warmth that he
emitted. I noted how he was checking me out—in more of a curious
than lusty way. I guessed he was trying to be respectful.

I gave a genuine
smile. He was just as cute close up as he’d been from across the
room. “It’s great to meet you too, Barton…” I tried not to
cringe as I tailed off—it was obvious that I’d been about to say
something else, but had decided against it. Mainly because the only
two options my brain had supplied were ‘I look forward to getting
to know you better’ and ‘Ace has told me so much about you.’

The first was
cheesy beyond belief and, considering the reasoning behind our
meeting, laden with innuendo. If I’d let that phrase come out of my
mouth, I think I’d have died of embarrassment on the spot.

The second was
simply not true, which is why I hadn’t said it. Until the whole
threesome thing had come about, I couldn’t remember Ace ever
mentioning Barton. And the questions I’d asked Ace since then
didn’t really count as Ace telling me lots about him.

And so the awkward
silence hung in the air for several seconds, before Barton recovered.
Smiling, he said, “Can I get you a drink, guys? Aneesa?”

“Um, yes please,”
I replied, regaining the ability to speak. A double vodka and Coke
would have gone down a treat right then, but Ace and I had already
agreed we were going to stay sober for this meeting—we needed clear
heads to make decisions and to ensure that whatever happened next was
influenced only by us, not by alcohol. “I’ll just have a Coke,
please.”

5 comments:

Thank you for the great excerpt. It reminded me a bit of True Blood on HBO but better. Sookie never got it on with Bill and Alcide at the same time. Can't wait to read about Aneesa, Ace and Barton's exploits.